Transparency and your customers<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Why it matters<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tConsumer expectations of transparency are growing. How can your business get it right?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\tRead insight<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\nWhy data center location matters<\/h3>\n
Regulation can also impact where businesses choose to process their data. You\u2019ll need to know how laws in the territory you and your customers are in could affect your data security.<\/p>\n
A third factor influencing where you process your data may be company values. At Kaspersky, we use two data centers in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland to store all threat-related data from our product users in Europe, North and Latin America, the Middle East and several Asia-Pacific countries. We chose Switzerland because of its long history of neutrality, as part of our Global Transparency Initiative (GTI.)<\/a><\/p>\nWhat transparency centers do<\/h2>\n
Wondering what next-level trust between businesses looks like? You may soon have the opportunity to examine your software supply chain in a new level of detail.<\/p>\n
In the last few years, some tech industry leaders like Huawei, Microsoft and Kaspersky have established \u2018transparency centers.\u2019 These give their partners the chance to see how their products work \u2013 down to the source code.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Outside the open-source software movement<\/a>, software source code is usually a closely guarded trade secret. But increasingly, front-runners realize that finding ways to safely and securely let partners and clients inspect their code helps build the trusting relationships businesses need to thrive.<\/p>\nCommunications giant Huawei established its first transparency center in Brussels in 2019<\/a>. Huawei explains what they hope to achieve with their center: \u201cThrough the Cyber Security Transparency Centre, we plan to increase communication and collaboration with security professionals, governmental agencies, customers and other industry stakeholders, in order to develop a secure and trusted digital environment.\u201d<\/p>\nMicrosoft opened transparency centers in Brussels and Redmond, Washington<\/a> in 2014 to 2015 as part of its Government Security Program (GSP.)\u00a0 Matt Thomlinson, Vice President of Microsoft Security highlighted how transparency centers can contribute to better economic outcomes for all: \u201cOnly by increasing confidence in digital solutions [\u2026] can Europe ensure that every citizen, business and government feels the benefits of the digital revolution.\u201d<\/p>\nKaspersky started creating transparency centers in 2017 and now has seven, in Z\u00fcrich (Switzerland,) Madrid (Spain,) S\u00e3o Paulo (Brazil,) Woburn (USA,) Tokyo (Japan,) Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia.) We welcome customers and partners, including authorities responsible for cybersecurity, from anywhere in the world to visit these centers.<\/p>\n
How Kaspersky customers can use our transparency centers<\/h3>\n
We suggest clients visit a transparency center if they want to know more about our data security, privacy and management practices, encryption methods or supply chain risk management.<\/p>\n
When customers visit our centers, we have experts on hand to give any technical information about our source code and technologies. We have three levels of access, like the beginner, intermediate and advanced slopes on a ski field<\/a> \u2013 designed to allow a broader range of client visitors to get something out of the experience.<\/p>\nRegulators and enterprise clients could use our transparency centers to review software development documentation, review all versions of a build or check which information our solutions send to the cloud.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
They could rebuild our source code to ensure it matches publicly available modules, and read what independent auditors \u2013 including a Big Four accounting firm \u2013 have said about us in recent security reports.<\/p>\n
Consumer expectations of transparency are growing. How can your business get it right?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
Why data center location matters<\/h3>\n
Regulation can also impact where businesses choose to process their data. You\u2019ll need to know how laws in the territory you and your customers are in could affect your data security.<\/p>\n
A third factor influencing where you process your data may be company values. At Kaspersky, we use two data centers in Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland to store all threat-related data from our product users in Europe, North and Latin America, the Middle East and several Asia-Pacific countries. We chose Switzerland because of its long history of neutrality, as part of our Global Transparency Initiative (GTI.)<\/a><\/p>\n Wondering what next-level trust between businesses looks like? You may soon have the opportunity to examine your software supply chain in a new level of detail.<\/p>\n In the last few years, some tech industry leaders like Huawei, Microsoft and Kaspersky have established \u2018transparency centers.\u2019 These give their partners the chance to see how their products work \u2013 down to the source code.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Outside the open-source software movement<\/a>, software source code is usually a closely guarded trade secret. But increasingly, front-runners realize that finding ways to safely and securely let partners and clients inspect their code helps build the trusting relationships businesses need to thrive.<\/p>\n Communications giant Huawei established its first transparency center in Brussels in 2019<\/a>. Huawei explains what they hope to achieve with their center: \u201cThrough the Cyber Security Transparency Centre, we plan to increase communication and collaboration with security professionals, governmental agencies, customers and other industry stakeholders, in order to develop a secure and trusted digital environment.\u201d<\/p>\n Microsoft opened transparency centers in Brussels and Redmond, Washington<\/a> in 2014 to 2015 as part of its Government Security Program (GSP.)\u00a0 Matt Thomlinson, Vice President of Microsoft Security highlighted how transparency centers can contribute to better economic outcomes for all: \u201cOnly by increasing confidence in digital solutions [\u2026] can Europe ensure that every citizen, business and government feels the benefits of the digital revolution.\u201d<\/p>\n Kaspersky started creating transparency centers in 2017 and now has seven, in Z\u00fcrich (Switzerland,) Madrid (Spain,) S\u00e3o Paulo (Brazil,) Woburn (USA,) Tokyo (Japan,) Singapore and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia.) We welcome customers and partners, including authorities responsible for cybersecurity, from anywhere in the world to visit these centers.<\/p>\n We suggest clients visit a transparency center if they want to know more about our data security, privacy and management practices, encryption methods or supply chain risk management.<\/p>\n When customers visit our centers, we have experts on hand to give any technical information about our source code and technologies. We have three levels of access, like the beginner, intermediate and advanced slopes on a ski field<\/a> \u2013 designed to allow a broader range of client visitors to get something out of the experience.<\/p>\n Regulators and enterprise clients could use our transparency centers to review software development documentation, review all versions of a build or check which information our solutions send to the cloud.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n They could rebuild our source code to ensure it matches publicly available modules, and read what independent auditors \u2013 including a Big Four accounting firm \u2013 have said about us in recent security reports.<\/p>\nWhat transparency centers do<\/h2>\n
How Kaspersky customers can use our transparency centers<\/h3>\n